Author: Denver Post
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3-stage women’s race added to USA Pro Challenge 2015
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BRECKENRIDGE — The USA Pro Challenge on Tuesday announced a three-stage women’s race will be held this summer for the first time in conjunction with the men’s race. It will begin in Breckenridge Aug. 21 with an…
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Rockies player leaves spring training after young son is bit by rattlesnake
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Rockies relief pitcher John Axford, who hasn’t pitched for the team since last Wednesday, was forced to leave spring training camp after his 2-year-old son was bit by a rattlesnake twice in his right foot. Axford pitched a relief appearance Wednesday, then, in the clubhouse afterward, received a phone call from a…
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3-stage women’s race added to USA Pro Challenge 2015
BRECKENRIDGE — The USA Pro Challenge on Tuesday announced a three-stage women’s race will be held this summer for the first time in conjunction with the men’s race. It will begin in Breckenridge Aug. 21 with an individual time trial, coinciding with a men’s time trial. It will continue the next day in Fort Collins and conclude…
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Half of Colorado’s drilling rigs have gone idle in last five months
Half of Colorado’s drilling rigs have gone idle since the end of October, the sharpest percentage decline among the country’s major oil producing states, according to a report Monday from IHS, a data analysis firm based in Douglas County. IHS, however, is predicting only a 26 percent cut in capital spending by oil and gas…
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WATCH: Broncos’ RB C.J. Anderson surprises his grandmother with a new car
Anyone who knows Broncos running back C.J. Anderson understands his grandmother deserved the precious gift. Anderson is a slashing and bruising runner capable of bouncing a defensive lineman and eluding a defensive back. But thanks in large part to the way his grandmother brought him up, Anderson is also a sweetheart of a guy. He…
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Littleton Public Schools says it needs time to consider Davis proposal not to sue
Littleton Public Schools’ Board of Education will get closed-door legal advice this week to review an arbitration proposal from the family of Claire Davis and discuss it in open session at a later date, Superintendent Scott Murphy announced Tuesday. The Davis family Monday asked the board to enter into a binding agreement that would include discovery.…
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Colorado theater shooting survivor wonders: Will trial bring closure?
It arrives in a plain white envelope, just like any other bill come due, and Marcus Weaver grabs it from his mailbox with dread. For 2½ years, he’s tried to find the right way to be ready for what’s in this envelope. He tried talking about his nightmares in public, then grieving them in private.…
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Colorado movie mix-up shows ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ to ‘SpongeBob’ audience
“SpongeBob GreyPants.” Or maybe “Fifty Shades of SpongeBob.” Joe Jaramillo of Johnstown sat in the MetroLux 14 theater in Loveland Monday morning with his granddaughter waiting for “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” film to start. He noticed that the previews all seemed to have a romantic flavor but didn’t think much of it…
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Report: Colorado teen killed by train was distracted by electronic device
FORT COLLINS — The death of a 16-year-old girl who was hit by a train in northern Colorado has been ruled an accident. Victoria Archibald of Wellington was struck by a train near town before 5 p.m. Monday. The Larimer County coroner’s office identified her Tuesday and said the death was an accident. Investigators have…
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Convicts in $100 billion tax fraud skipped sentencing to play golf
One defendant was escorted out of court by marshals while yelling at the judge. Another boasted he shot a 49 in golf instead of attending his sentencing hearing the day before. And a third pleaded to be set free — again. During the carnival-like atmosphere in U.S. District Court on Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Judge…